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— but because by baking these cookies and sharing them on social media, I’m raising money for metastatic breast cancer research with Bake It Happen. MBC research is drastically underfunded — the huge majority of breast cancer research funds go to prevention, early detection, and early-stage cures, and not curing MBC patients. I know people dying from MBC right now, and that’s why I’m passionate about helping raise money for its research. Bake It Happen donates $5 for each pic you share to The Cancer Couch Foundation, founded by Dr. Rebecca Timlin-Scalera.

It’s a sea of heart stickers, heart pencils, valentine-themed erasers, pink paper, white doilies, and all sorts of sticky sweet sentiments. I’m not even a big candy person, but those little white hearts are delish and I can’t stop won’t stop eating them. I pondered this last year and came up with a few conversation hearts for our kids (and our husbands) that I’d like to see some fabulous candy maker create. Should I get into the candy making business so my snarky candy hearts can brighten the Valentine’s Days of moms everywhere?

When I landed in Boston, I dreaded checking my email and voicemails, but one message caught my attention: My friend Brenna from Suburban Snapshots, telling me that the Today Show’s website was looking for me. If you want to show your support, you can comment on the Today Show’s Facebook page That’s the whole reason I started Honest Mom: to help moms dealing with depression and anxiety know that they are not alone And that’s why, even if I take a blogging break here and there, I’ll keep writing here on Honest Mom.